Minstrel Show at Ocean Gate, 1920
New Jersey Courier 27 Aug 1920 Irene Guest did take part in the Olympics....you can read about her at her Wiki page here: Irene Guest on Wikipedia She died in Ocean Gate in 1970.
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News From Ocean Gate, 1918
NEW JERSEY COURIER 18 JAN 1918 Harry Black and family have returned after a few months absence. The high wind of last Friday night blew down the building in the rear of the Burnett property. Mrs. George Ellis is recovering from a severe cold. Nelson Barker and wife are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter. Mr. Barker is a son of Mrs. Wm. Exall of Newark and Ocean Gate. The climate of Ocean Gate was too severe for the pet monkey, and it died. Mr. and Mrs. Wash McAllister attended the funeral last Thursday of Charles Godwin. We were all sorry to hear of his death. Mrs. E.P. McAllister has returned after visiting Philadelphia. Church was closed last Sunday for lack of fuel, services being held at the home of Mrs. Griffin. George Ellis left on Monday to work at Baltimore. James Shindler was a week end visitor.
News From Ocean Gate, 1919
NEW JERSEY COURIER 3 Jan 1919 H. Jacobson of Philadelphia was here last Thursday. He brought a friend with him, who was looking to around to buy a property here. Mrs. Ed Hill and daughter Violet have gone to the city over New Years. The Evening Bulletin last week gave an account of Martin Chadwick, a summer resident here, being burned while playing Santa Claus in a school entertainment. It seems that another boy who was to play the part of a colored boy had lit a match to burn some cork to blacken his face, when Martin came too close to the match and his whiskers caught on fire, burning his face and hands. The doctor was called, but said he was not burnt very bad. Gee, but this is getting to be some lonely berg after dark. All you can hear is the dogs a barking. Reminds one of being away out on the prairies in the wild west. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Guyer have returned home after spending Christmas in Germantown. Jacob Vogler was a Toms River visitor Monday. Mrs. B.A. Shinn of Camden wa...
Radio plant at Good Luck, 1930
NEW JERSEY COURIER 14 Nov 1930 Engineers who planned and are building the ship to shore radio plant at Good Luck meadows assert that a story in the Courier last week is all wrong. They say that their plant will not interfere with radio or telephone service, and that the disturbance recently occurring in Seaside Heights from time to time is probably caused by radio on freighters still using the old dot and dash system, and plying up and down the coast. They say that the sending and receiving stations at Lawrenceville do not interfere with either phone or radio reception anywhere around.
News From Ocean Gate, 1918
NEW JERSEY COURIER 2 AUG 1918 The Rev. J.E. Holt from the Maryland conference preached a splendid sermon at the church last Sunday evening. The subject was "The wise and the foolish virgins." With a good sermon and the good congregational singing the service was enjoyed by all who attended.